C.cada Art Show Oct. 2013

Posted on October 26, 2013 by joseph elon lillie under C.cada: Arts and Stuff

As many of you have asked for a peek at what happened during our art show last weekend I thought I would bring you a post displaying some of the music and moments of the show:

Clayton Phelps is a brother in the Lord who helps me out with a monthly communion service I do for the disabled community. He opened our show musically on Friday night.

The Lingala Landscape

This acrylic painting created in a two hour session by Pastor Don Evans from Trumbull CT was part of an auction geared to raise $45,000.00 for the translation of the Lingala Fire Bible. It was auctioned to me as part of the display for our Arts In Action segment. And yes the $45,000.00 was raised (though my bid was one very small part of it).

The following pieces were part of our main gallery. Many of the 150 pieces which hung in our main gallery can be seen at http://www.artistdayapart.com

: The Praying Man a photographic addition to our reflections gallery.

: Soul Seen: speaks to the inner strength that is within each of us if only we will reach for it.

Here are some candids of people caught during the show

Charlotte Dorais, painter and worshipper

Our Cafe

Chris Muzzey was a guest soloist on Saturday afternoon.

Doug Stevens led a wood carving demonstration for us on Saturday

C.cada Weekend 10-18-13

Posted on October 19, 2013 by joseph elon lillie under C.cada: Arts and Stuff

Dear Readers,

I am writing you from the quiet of the church sanctuary where I am sipping the first of what I expect will be many cups of Hawaiian coffee. The weekend of our annual C.cada art show has finally arrived. This is the first year we have done a full weekend of display. The show has also doubled in size since last year. Hanging and setting up displays for over 150 works of art is a larger undertaking than I expected. I am so glad I opted to start setting up after service on Wednesday night!

The work you see above is a multimedia wax and wood piece entitled “The C.cada Cross”. The cross is the collaborative effort of 13 artists from C.cada and has been donated by our group to the Christian Healing Center of New England. It will hang in the center’s guest hall for their open house scheduled next week. We presented “The C.cada Cross” to the Christian Healing Center’s board of directors last night in a public prayer segment of the show.

If you are in the area today, stop by. The show is on until 6 P.M. and if you miss that come to church for a visit tomorrow! The artwork will still be on display through our morning and evening services.

Cornerstone Church

Rt. 140

Winchendon MA

For a schedule of events go to http://www.artistdayapart.com

Weekly Travel Theme Through

Posted on September 21, 2013 by joseph elon lillie under Photography

This week’s travel theme given to us by Ailsa at “Where’s My Backpack” is the word THROUGH. She has put together a really creative montage of photographs for us this week. Pop over and view her work as well as the work of her contributors at http://wheresmybackpack.com/2013/09/20/travel-theme-through/

I gathered these thoughts and photos on the word “Through” during my travels this summer to the transcendentalist commune at Fruitlands and also during my time leading worship In Connecticut at the New England Special Touch getaway.

Through

by JE Lillie

Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses.
Ann Landers

We glimpse our best selves through the eyes of others.

Our vision seeming masks

Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain’t goin’ away.
Elvis Presley

Soul light asking purchase through the shade as

Sun in the deeping wood.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
Helen Keller

We blinded stood through shadows. Friends enemies

All grasp our Ever task.

A Word A Week: Arch

Posted on September 19, 2013 by joseph elon lillie under Photography

This week’s word from http://suellewellyn2011.wordpress.com/ is ARCH! Take a moment and pop on over to see her other contributors.

Here are some awesome arches from my archive!

This is the Oude Kerk in Delft, The Netherlands. My sister and I made a trip to this city of the Royal House of Orange in April of 2013.

This is the entrance to Old Murdock High School in Winchendon MA. My father and mother matriculated her.

The arch of the Christmas chapel in St. Bavo’s in Haarlem, The Netherlands.

Thursdays A Lingering Look At Windows Week 35?

Posted on September 19, 2013 by joseph elon lillie under Photography

Hey Ho! It’s been a bit since I have been able to visit the lingering lounge for anything other than lingering! 🙂 I’ve been able to peek at some of Dawn’s posts but contributing has been a bit out of my reach for the last few weeks…that and I haven’t been able to go out and photograph any new or interesting windows. But this week I was galumphing through my archive and I found this set of windows I thought would do…

Wormerveer

Einkhusen

I hope you enjoyed them. Check out more iof Dawn’s contributors at http://lingeringvisions.wordpress.com/2013/01/16/thursday-lingering-look-at-windows/

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Soft Pastels

Posted on September 18, 2013 by joseph elon lillie under Photography

This week’s Fun Foto Challenge is to show some of our soft pastel pictures.Pastels make me think of gentleness. Nothing is more comforting in all the world than a gentle spirit. To that end your photos today are brought to you by St. Francis De Sales.

After you are done here take a gander at some of the other pastel posts at Cee’s photog blog! http://www.ceephotography.com/2013/09/17/cees-fun-foto-challenge-soft-pastels/

Here are my gentle pastels:

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
Saint Francis de Sales

When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
Saint Francis de Sales

“It is wonderful how attractive a gentle, pleasant manner is, and how much it wins hearts.”
― St. Francis de Sales

Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside

Posted on September 15, 2013 by joseph elon lillie under Photography

This week’s photo challenge from the Daily Post is “INSIDE”. I am supposed to reveal the inside of something or show pictorially what I see on the inside! To see more “Inside” posts go to http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/09/13/photo-challenge-inside/

I cannot always control what goes on outside. But I can always control what goes on inside.
Wayne Dyer

Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical.
Sophia Loren

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
Carl Jung

Weekly Travel theme: Multi-colored

Posted on September 14, 2013 by joseph elon lillie under Photography

This week’s travel theme from Ailsa is “MULTI_COLORED” . Check out all the “multi-colored” posts at http://wheresmybackpack.com/2013/09/13/travel-theme-multicoloured/

Here are my weekly travel pics: